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Geoff Kaiser Author

Level 2

340 points

How do I make a 'cents' symbol (¢) on the iPad?

I've learned how to evoke cool symbols on the iPad like curly quotes, em dashes and signs for currency like the pound, yen, etc., but I can't figure out how to evoke the symbol for U.S. cents (¢), which is easy on the Mac (option-4), but I can't find it on the iPad? I hoped that holding down the "$" key would uncover it, but alas, no.

Any tips?

G

(I had to type this topic on the mac so i could evoke the ¢ symbol)

Posted on May 25, 2010 3:13 PM

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vulcan_on_earth

Level 1

5 points

Posted on Jul 27, 2013 10:21 AM

Here is how to get the ¢ symbol on the iPad ...

Keep the $ key pressed and the pop has the ¢ symbol ...along with the £,€,¥ symbols.

Type on an iPad

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Jun 5, 2016 4:14 PM in response to SilverVampire

SilverVampire wrote:

If you want to type the cents symbol (¢) just go into settings- then general- then keyboard- then short cuts- then add a shortcut- paste the (¢) into the phrase spot and make your shortcut whatever you want. I suggest using something like c/ just because it looks like the (¢) symbol

Hopefully, in the 6 years since the person to whom you're replying posted, they've resolved the issue.

Aug 4, 2016 6:39 AM in response to jdabronx

jdabronx wrote:

The easiest way to do this is to copy the ₵ sign from her and text it to your iPhone or iPad. Then, copy it from the text message you receive and paste it where it is required. Works perfectly!

And, in fact, that was what the post that was marked as the correct answer to this thread 6 years ago said.

Dec 6, 2016 9:50 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

Tom Gewecke wrote:

I'm curious: Is there something about how these forums works that makes it so you could not see that the same answer was given on Nov. 28 and Oct. 25 and Aug 27 and April 8?

I have a strong suspicion that there are people who read the original question and then hit reply without ever reading the other pages. In this case, your "solved" answer is old and no longer valid. If someone was foolish enough to read no further than that (and ignore the dates), it might just appear to make sense.

Just another thing I don't really like about the way the first page now works.